on trump. i m howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz. the debate will be hosted by bret baier and martha maccallum. i spoke to the anchor of the story from new york. martha maccallum, welcome. hi, howie, good to be with you. howie: i haven t seen a build up like this for a first debate at the beginning of a campaign since that 2015 fox debate with political newcomer donald trump. i turned to the other channels i see fox debate. what are people saying? why do you think that is? i think there s a lot of enthusiasm. i think people are much more politically engaged and probably since that 2015 debate and i think that people see this as , you know, entertainment that is very eye opening in terms of what s going on in the political world, so i think it s a huge opportunity for these candidates on this stage and we see it across-the-board that people are just more interested in politics they are more interested in what s going on, so i think it s great. howie: people didn t talk abo
Cristi is doing and go after him but doug burgham, the north dakota governor was on another network this morning and waffl ing and not taking a position and dodging and i think for candidates the worst place to be because it looks like you don t know what you believe and you re scared of the electorate and unwilling to take a position so you know, pick a side and run with it, but i do agree, pence is picking a new side here and that s a fascinating part of this race to watch. howie: his former vice president, so rich, i think part of this is as trump could be on the stage or not all the stuff we do. the media are so fixated on the former president, and he does make a lo is endlessly fascinating. he does have the four indictment s, but i think it kind of puts the other candidates at a huge disadvantage even with the upcoming debate where the guy won t be on the stage. there s just trump has this quality we ve talked about this before where so it s kind of a win-win proposition. if he
Howie: with the first republican debate now just days away here on fox some of the candidates who have barely had a negative thing to say about donald trump are toughening their rhetoric. the georgia election was not stolen and i had no right to overturn the election on januar. [applause] i d never thought he should run to begin with even before all these legal cases. howie: which is funny how on podcasts people are maybe a little more bold, but you know, some of these candidates are starting to talk a little bit tougher on trump, some not, and we touched on this earlier but i didn t get the old strategy. how do you beat the guy if you don t take him on? yeah, so with pence, clearly , the january 6 indictment was an inflection point. he defended what he needed to defend what he did on that day and defend his honor and desantis actually in a listless vessel thing is part of this , he s crawling up to being more aggressive and forceful
Charges against each other. griff: that s right. they say they are going to legal ly try to end this conservatorship as soon as they can so who knows maybe there s a final chapter they can reconcile and michael lewis will get that story as well. howie: he did write what people think is a very good book. griff jenkins thank you so much. still to come a kansas newspaper is rated and national media support and joe biden initially has no comment on the devastation in maui. make your next move a dream come true with the pods big move sweepstakes. win a free local or long-distance move. plus ultra-premium viking appliances and up to $7,500 cash. enter today for your chance to win. visit pods dot com. at the alzheimer s association walk to end alzheimer s, this is why we walk. they re why we walk. we walk in the alzheimer s association walk to end alzhiemer s because we re getting closer to beating this disease. join us.
Estranged from the family. howie: boy this really turned ugly and he s written two memoires and one, he gives a sentence to the tuhey s and also talks about the movie and how he doesn t like being portrayed as a really dumb kid. he says he was not. so there is several versions floating around here and until this came up with a lawsuit the media never dug into these discrepancies. griff: one of the things that oher says he was most disappointed about the movie going way back looking back at the history he was upset in the movie sandra bullock says she had to teach him how to block and he said no, no, i knew how to play football from the beginning. that heart is hollywood taking liberty which wouldn t be the first time hollywood script writers took liberties but i do say this i don t think he can make sandra bullock give back a best actors oscar, but it is sad as you were saying at the top to see this heartwarming story portrayed as that and now it s just a bunch of lawyers making